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dixiegrrrrl

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17. Exactly.

Reply to In It to Win It (Reply #16)

Sat Apr 27, 2019, 06:48 PM

Apr 2019

Which is why we'll have to go back to Inherent contempt, which will trigger a responding lawsuit.

All the people shooting from the hip demanding "Impeachment!!!!!!" don't seem to realize the complexity of the problem, nor what happens
if trump is impeached.

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A President can pardon someone convicted of Contempt of Congress....hmmmm [View all] dixiegrrrrl Apr 2019 OP

We can play that game all day C_U_L8R Apr 2019 #1

Seems this president jambo101 Apr 2019 #2

Federal Crime Sanity Claws Apr 2019 #3

Congress is federal, so any contempt charges are federal dixiegrrrrl Apr 2019 #12

I think you misunderstood my point Sanity Claws Apr 2019 #14

If they accept pardon then they can be called before grand jury? bluestarone Apr 2019 #4

This is the line that these folks have to be willing to cross. Wellstone ruled Apr 2019 #6

Exactly. markpkessinger Apr 2019 #7

If you accept a pardon, you lose any right to plead the 5th in any subsequent hearings/trials dixiegrrrrl Apr 2019 #13

They would have to be prosecuted first Jose Garcia Apr 2019 #5

there is an exception to that nykym Apr 2019 #9

While a president can pardon someone nykym Apr 2019 #8

He also cannot execute a pardon during impeachment, so lets get on with it. vsrazdem Apr 2019 #10

What is truth? And whose truth? LiberalArkie Apr 2019 #11

However, a lawyer who is in contempt can be disbarred. No pardon will restore that. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2019 #15

In addition to that, I'm under the impression that the decision to prosecute someone for... In It to Win It Apr 2019 #16

Exactly. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2019 #17